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Fatal Metacestode Infection in Bornean Orangutan Caused by Unknown Versteria Species |
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| Authors: | Tony L Goldberg Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick Kathleen M Deering Roberta S Wallace Victoria L Clyde Michael Lauck Gail E Rosen Andrew J Bennett Ellis C Greiner David H O’Connor |
| Institution: | University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, USA (T.L. Goldberg, A. Gendron-Fitzpatrick, K.M. Deering, G.E. Rosen, A.J. Bennett, D.H. O’Connor); ;Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (A. Gendron-Fitzpatrick, K.M. Deering, R.S. Wallace, V. L. Clyde); ;University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (E.C. Greiner); ;Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Madison (T.L. Goldberg, D.H. O’Connor). |
| Abstract: | A captive juvenile Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) died from an unknown disseminated parasitic infection. Deep sequencing of DNA from infected tissues, followed by gene-specific PCR and sequencing, revealed a divergent species within the newly proposed genus Versteria (Cestoda: Taeniidae). Versteria may represent a previously unrecognized risk to primate health. |
| Keywords: | Cestoda Taeniidae Versteria metacestode primate orangutan Pongo pygmaeus deep sequencing parasites |